How do you find your story?
If this is what stops you don’t be discouraged there are many ways to find inspiration. As much as you can, take what inspires you and make it your own. Taking themes or plots from previously successful stories can sometimes be the beginning of the road to rejection, you really need to draw on your own imagination as much as you can. You will get better at this with time and continued effort.
The important thing to remember is not to allow yourself to get discouraged, that serves no one. If you’re really having a hard time coming up with ideas take some time out, call it your Inspiration Time, go for a walk in the park or the beach, meditate or do whatever it is that relaxes you. Ideas go out you have to give them some ground to come in, relax your mind, don’t stress.
Creating a fertile mind that is open to recieving inspiration is your first step, it will allow you to see all the opportunities for stories around you. Sure you may repeat old themes or ideas but they will have a uniquely ‘you’ slant to them, you will begin to develop your own writers voice.
With the foundations above you have some tools that will allow inspiration to work for you. So now you just need to get active in looking just as you go about your day with notepad and pen handy jot down ideas as you see them. Like a detective you are on a mission, there a clues all around you find them and build on them.
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